Hi all! Posting here for traffic. Sorry my username isn't a bit more scintillating.
I'm from the States, but back in 2004 my parents and I spent some time in and around London. We stayed at the most lovely bed and breakfast, and I would dearly love to find it online and show pictures to my DH, but neither of my parents seem to be able to remember so much as the name of the area we were in. I was only about ten years old, but I have some of the happiest memories of that trip.
Here is what I do remember! It was a very large, very old house. At least it seemed very old to me as a child, though I do seem to remember hearing the owner talk about its history. I remember being very impressed by its size and grandeur! It was owned by a woman. I believe she had a husband and children as well but I never saw them. Her elderly mother lived there also. It seemed like it was quite a long drive from where we got off the ferry after crossing the Channel. It wasn't terribly far from London, but far enough that we only stayed there a few nights to recover from jet lag before proceeding to a hotel from which we went back and forth to London. I think it was probably quite a standard village; I remember stone houses, horseback riders, children in school uniforms, etc all of which were of course quite novel to me!
I realize this is barely any information whatsoever, it certainly hasn't been enough for me to turn anything up via Google. Even though it's a long shot I am so hoping it rings a bell for someone! We had disposable cameras along but only a few blurry pictures were taken, though I can see it all clearly in my mind, and I'd love to revisit those memories with a bit more information.
AIBU?
To ask you to help me recall a memory
user1471451355 · 17/09/2016 04:04
We arrived on the ferry after driving through the Netherlands and France. I don't know if it gets off at more than one place? I do remember we drove past the cliffs of Dover on our way from the ferry to the B&B.
The first place we went was the London Eye so we must have been staying near whichever side of the city that is. Unless it's in the middle! 
They were plaid skirts/white shirts. I believe they were green and navy because I had one just like them! Informative, eh? Haha! Bless you for trying! 
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We didn't visit any shops. We stopped somewhere to eat, drove around to look at the scenery/houses (dad is a builder, that's his point of interest!) and slept, mainly. A bit of a boring stay but I have always remembered snippets of it so vividly! Probably because it was small town life, which I was familiar with, but in a way diametrically opposed to what life was like for me. The children were around my own age or older; 10+ I would say.
There seemed to be something of a town square that wasn't steep or narrow but the roads and paths near the B&B, which was a small distance out of town, were small and surrounded by tall hedges.
This probably sounds to you as it would to me if someone tried to describe generic small town USA. To me it was so amazing and awe inspiring though.
Pictures might be worth a try! I think they are all indoors and have me front and center but I will ask my parents to scan and email them to me!
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